Pre-Historic Architecture:

Stone built houses with 3m thick cavity walls outer caves were made with dry stones rectangular with round corners thatched roof with smoke holes.

Pre-Historic Architecture:

Large, upright standing stones. Uneven textured, square shaped, tapered towards the top.

Pre-Historic Architecture:

Two or more stones supporting a large one at the top.

• Burial features. Also called cromlechs (Brythonic origin).

Pre-Historic Architecture:

Open air ritual structures. The plan comprised of concentric circles. An altar located in the centre. Surrounded by five trilithon pairs of stones.

Pre-Historic Architecture:

During the Paleolithic Period Shelter has become more permanent and was made with more durable materials such as Wattle and Daub.

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Pre-Historic Architecture:

Consisted of foundation wall of mammoth jaws and long bones, capped with skulls Roofed with tree branches overlaid by tusks.

Pre-Historic Architecture:

Constructed by making shallow depressions in the ground surrounded

by a ring of mammoth bones and tusks.

Mesopotamian Architecture:

PLANT MATERIAL USEDFOR ROOFING, MATS, AND REINFORCEMENT.

Mesopotamian Architecture:

FIREDBRICKS, STRONGER AND LONGER-LASTING THAN MUD BRICKS.

Mesopotamian Architecture:

Most abundant material along the riverbanks Used to make mudbricks, the main material for houses, temples, palaces, and ziggurats.

Mesopotamian Architecture:

A massive structure built in tiers. Core of mud bricks; outer layer of baked bricks. Featured a central staircase/ramp to a temple at the top.

Mesopotamian Architecture:

Symbolized a bridge between heaven and earth.

Mesopotamian Architecture:

Represented a “sacred mountain” in flat Mesopotamia. Centerpiece of city—both religious and political. Displayed the power and wealth of the citystate.

Mesopotamian Architecture;

Served as the main entrance and gateway to the sacred city. Used for ceremonial parades and religious festivals. Famous for its blue-glazed bricks decorated with animal-dragons, lions, and bulls symbolizing Babylonian gods.

Mesopotamian Architecture;

Arched passage that supported the gate & for processions and chariots.

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Egyptian Architecture:

a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.

Egyptian Architecture:

The Ancient Egyptians relied on the Euphrates River, which flooded each year and enriched the soil, making it ideal for farming. However, these floods sometimes damaged homes made from papyrus and mud. To adapt, Egyptians began using sun-dried mud bricks to build sturdier houses.

Egyptian Architecture:

________ in ancient Egypt were places for connecting with the Gods, seeking protection and guidance.

Egyptian Architecture:

the first pyramid and first large structure in ancient Egypt. Unlike the other later pyramids, it has a step-like structure with six layers, originally built as a mastaba and expanded upward.

Egyptian Architecture:

a huge complex dedicated mainly to the God Amun-Ra, the chief god of Thebes and the god of all gods. Located in Thebes, where pharaohs worshipped their gods and continuously built, modified, and expanded. Each pharaoh added their own structures such as gateways, pylons, and pathways.

Egyptian Architecture:

First recorded architect in history. Designed the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara.

Egyptian Architecture:

Advisor and architect for Pharaoh. Supervised the construction of the Luxor Temple and other monuments. Revered as a wise man and healer.

Egyptian Architecture:

Its most famous feature is the Great Hypostyle Hall, which has ______ giant columns covered in elaborate carvings and hieroglyphics that tell stories of Gods and pharaohs.

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Aegean & Greek Architecture:

A defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack.

Aegean & Greek Architecture:

A strong fort built on high ground to protect the people in a city during danger or attacks.

Aegean & Greek Architecture:

It's a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid lime plaster.

Aegean & Greek Architecture:

Wrestling and boxing court, usually rectangular with a colonnaded courtyard.

Aegean & Greek Architecture:

Citadels were built on lowered, defensible sites and enclosed by massive walls of cyclopean masonry.

Aegean & Greek Architecture:

A Tomb with “beehive” domes made by corbel vaulting, with monumental entrances.

Aegean & Greek Architecture

________ is a sleeping chamber behind the main hall.

Aegean & Greek Architecture:

Oldest and simplest; sturdy, fluted shafts, plain capital (echinus + abacus).

Aegean & Greek Architecture:
a term that describes a covered walkway or colonnade that was usually designed for public use.

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